Laboratory and analytical model studies of the Faroe Bank Channel deep-water outflow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1348-1364

  Davies, Peter A ^a   Wahlin A K ^b   Guo, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW;

DEEP-WATER OUTFLOW; EKMAN DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC DIVERGENCE PROCESSES;

FLOW OF WATER;

DEEP WATER; FROUDE NUMBER; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK;

EID: 33748509134     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2917.1     Document Type: Article

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